8th Grade Science Notebook
Table of Contents
3rd Quarter: Pages 82-104
*Please check in the tab “PowerPoints” under SC08 on my website for class notes and other worksheets, or see
me after class. http://www.mpsaz.org/summitclimb/staff/bjschreiber/
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Title
How to Get a Detention in
10 Ways
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Unit Title Page
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Bell Work
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Motion Vocabulary Notes
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Bell Work
Description
Notes- available online.
Create a Title Page for our new unit- “Physics: Force and Motion.”
-Must include at least 3 pictures
-Must be completely colored
-Use the whole page!
Bell Work- please copy the questions, then answer each in your
notebook.
1/9/13
1. Give an example of something in motion.
2. How can you observe that an object is in motion? Use the term
“reference point” in your answer.
3. What would be some examples of reference points you can see
outside?
4. What do you think of when you hear the word “force?” (What
do you think it is?)
1/10/13
1. What two measurements are needed to calculate speed?
2. If you take 10 seconds to walk 50 meters, what is your average
speed?
3. A _______________ is something that does not appear to
move.
Notes- see me for a copy. Also, refer to PowerPoint online for
additional help.
Bell Work- please answer in complete sentences, or draw a
descriptive diagram (where applicable).
1/11/13
1. What is a vector?
2. How do we draw a vector to show a greater magnitude?
3. A _____________ is a push or pull on an object.
4. A car travels 250 meters in 5 seconds. What is the speed of the
car?
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Bell Work
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“Speed Racer” worksheet
Bell Work- please answer in complete sentences, or draw a
descriptive diagram (where applicable).
1/15/13
1. What does Newton’s 3rd Law of motion state?
2. Draw a diagram of a person jumping in the air, then label the
forces.
3. What is the displacement of someone who walks 15 meters
north, then 15 meters east, then another 15 meters north, then
15 meters west? (Draw a diagram as well).
“Speed Racer” worksheet- available online.
Identifying Forces
Notes- see me for a copy.
Velocity and Displacement Notes- available online.
“Velocity and Displacement” practice worksheet- available online.
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Newton’s 3 Law
Notes- available online. However, the PowerPoint includes additional
resources you do not need to copy. See me for class notes.
Bell Work
Bell Work: Please show your work.
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1/16/13
Practice Grid “Position“A car travels 300km south, the 50km east, 100km north, and then
Time Graphs”
50km west.”
1. What is the car’s speed?
2. What is the car’s velocity?
3. A boat is floating on water. Gravity causes the boat to push
down on the water. What is the equal and opposite reaction that
keeps the boat floating? Draw a diagram.
1/17/13
1. Using graph “E” on your “Practice Grid” worksheet, create a
position-time graph that shows an object doing the following:
a. 0-5 seconds- Moving slowly away from the reference point
b. 5-10 seconds- Moving quickly away from the reference
point
c. 10-15 seconds- Stopped
d. 15-20 seconds- Moving quickly toward the reference point.
e. 20-25 seconds- Moving slowly toward the reference point.
2. What is the unit for “Force?” Newtons (N).
“Position-Time Graph Practice Grid” notes- notes and blank
worksheet available online.
“Position Time Graphs” “Position-Time Graphs” worksheet- available online.
Barbie Bungee
Complete lab write-up for “Bungee Barbie” on these two pages.
“Bungee Barbie” document is available online.
Bell Work
Bell Work: please show your work with diagrams.
1/23
1. Draw a diagram of Barbie as she plunges from the bleachers.
What are the forces acting on Barbie?
2. A person pushes on a car with a force of 40 N. What is the
force of the car pushing on the person?
3. What is the displacement of a person who walks around a track
for 45 minutes, but ends up back where they started?
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Newton’s 1st Law
1st Law Video Clips
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1st Law Mini Labs
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Bell Work
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Moving Marbles
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Acceleration
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Bell Work
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Newton’s 2nd Law
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Bell Work
Notes- available online.
After viewing video clips, complete the table by drawing what you
saw, listing the things that have inertia in the clip, and describing the
force that changed any object’s motion.
Worksheet available online- after completing labs in class, complete
the corresponding worksheet and tape into your science notebook.
Bell Work: Please copy the question or draw a diagram as necessary.
1/28
1. What does Newton’s 3rd Law state?
2. A person pushes on a wall with a force of 75 Newtons. What is
the reaction force?
3. What is inertia?
Moving Marbles Lab- complete and attach lab paper here.
Acceleration notes- available online.
Acceleration Graphs Worksheet- available online.
Bell Work: Please copy the question or draw a diagram as necessary.
1/29
1. What does Newton’s 1st Law state?
2. What does it take to change an object’s motion?
3. A car windshield hits a mosquito with a force of 0.5N. What is
the reaction force?
1/30
1. What is an independent variable?
2. What is a dependent variable?
3. What is a constant or controlled variable?
Notes- available online.
Practice Problems- available online.
Bell Work: Please copy the question or draw a diagram as necessary.
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1. What is speed?
2. What is velocity?
3. What is acceleration?
4. What is mass?
2/1
“According to Newton’s 2nd Law, force, mass, and acceleration are
all dependent on each other.”
1. If mass is increased, but acceleration stays the same, what
happens to force? Force will also increase.
2. If mass stays the same, but acceleration is increased, what
happens to force?
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Bell Work
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1. Four objects are traveling with the same speed. Which object
would require the most force to come to a complete stop?
Why?
a. soccer ball
b. cannon ball
c. ping pong ball
d. beach ball
2. A bat hits a baseball with a force of 100 Newtons. The ball
must also hit the bat with a force of 100 Newtons. So why does
the ball fly away?
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Bell Work
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Unit Title Page
Bell Work: Please copy the question or draw a diagram as necessary.
2/5
1. Why does a horizontal line on a position-time graph mean that
the object has stopped moving?
2. What purpose does a headrest serve in a car crash?
2/6
1. What is the difference between an organism that has a
heterozygous genotype and one that has a homozygous
genotype?
2. In complete dominance, which allele is visible in the
phenotype of a heterozygous organism?
Create a unit title page for our next unit.
Title: “Chemistry Unit”
-Must include at least 3 pictures
-Must use whole page
-Must be completely colored.